Title, date and medium were taken from label written in 2007 by Jennifer Casler Price, Curator for Asian and Non-Western Art at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas

2006.025.01 Lid

In the center of the lid there are three small leaves issuing from a bud. The glaze is a transparent aqua color with the crazed glaze (tai pien effect). On the edge of lid is a small loop for attachment to a similar loop on the body of the vessel. The underside of the lid reveals an unglazed, pale redish body. One leaf on the lid is repaired. The repair appears to be old.

Ewer 2006.025.02

Elongated from with eight molded vertical lobes that rise to just below an incised band at the base of the trumpet neck, with another incised band below the shoulders, and a leaf incised at the base of the carved spout. A strap handle is applied at the top with a small loop for attachment to a corresponding loop on the concave lid. The glaze is a transparent aqua color with the crazed glazing (tai pein effect) stopping in an irregular fashion slightly above the base, exposing a pale reddish body on the unglazed base. Spout has been repaired, appears to be an old repair.

This object has the following keywords:

• Asian
• Chinese
• Decorative Art

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• James Peck and Patrick Kelly. Old Jail Art Center Catalogue. Old Jail Art Center. Albany, 2016
  Page Number: 110

This object is a member of the following portfolios: